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Legal
Guidelines Give More Clemency for Crack than Cannabis
January 23, 2017Former president Obama released more prisoners through pardon and clemency than any other U.S. president in...
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Legal
CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon
December 27, 2016President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...
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Legal
Radical Sentence Reduction Returns Beloved Cannabis Icon to CA
December 9, 2016This Wednesday saw one of the most beloved prisoners of the war on cannabis leave federal...
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In The Magazine
How Bernie Sanders Changed Marijuana Forever
May 8, 2016In the histories still to be written about the long, hard fight for federal cannabis reform,...
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Politics
Sanders Outperforms Bush On Cannabis At Town Halls
February 20, 2016With the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary looming large on Saturday, Democrats traveled to Las...
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Cultivation
So You Want to be a Grower?
December 8, 2015Growing pot is really easy, and it will make you filthy rich, rich beyond your wildest...
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In The Magazine
Cannabis Now Interviews Tommy Chong
June 12, 2015At 76-years-old, Tommy Chong is at the height of his career. It was nearly 40 years...
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Joint Opinions
The Butterfly Effect of Prohibition
August 9, 2014By Federal Inmate 63131-097 Jasmine is a typical 12-year-old girl. She’s pretty, smart and loves cheerleading,...
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Books
A Federal Marijuana Prisoner Reviews Two Books About the End of Cannabis Prohibition
April 24, 2014It is somewhat strange and ironic to me to really be sitting in prison for federal...
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Politics
Attorney General: It’s Unclear Whether Federal Government Can Force States to Criminalize Drugs
April 22, 2014Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today for an oversight hearing in...
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Joint Opinions
Obama Administration Shows Signs of Ending Cannabis Prohibition
April 14, 2014President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in office are numerous and significant but for marijuana activists like myself,...
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Joint Opinions
Project SAM Stands No Chance Against Cannabis Legalization
February 25, 2014A loud and uniquely contemporary voice has emerged on the anti-pot front. Project SAM (Smart Approaches...
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Politics
Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification
February 13, 2014A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...
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Legal
Despite Drug Policy Reform, Half of U.S. Prisoners Still Serving Time for Non-Violent Drug Crimes
February 11, 2014On Jan. 30, the Obama Administration announced an early release plan for non-violent drug offenders serving...
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Economics
Top 10 Unlikely Marijuana Vacations
May 17, 20131. Kingston, Jamaica When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you...
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Economics
Wall Street High
August 24, 2022The continuing volatile and prosperous potential of today’s cannabis stock market.
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Cultivation
Face of the Farmer: John Casali, Huckleberry Hill Farms
March 20, 2022A second-generation heritage farmer in Southern Humboldt County shares his story, from farming with his mom,...
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Edibles
Bohemian Rhapsody
March 31, 2021How Alice B. Toklas became the accidental godmother of edibles.
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In History
Legendary Emerald Triangle Freedom Fighter B.E. Smith Dies at 72
January 10, 2020The Trinity County grower, who did time in federal prison for openly cultivating cannabis under California's...
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Legal
Cannabis’s Unlikely Friend in the Fight for Reform: The Courts
January 6, 2020As recent rulings in Mexico and Italy demonstrate, cannabis reform can sometimes be enacted through court...